LETHAL INJECTION LAST MONTH IN OKLAHOMA. THE STATE CAN APPEAL THE RULING. TONIGHT, A DRIVER IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER CRASHING ON 69 HIGHWAY THIS MORNING. WHAT'S ALARMING, OFFICERS SAY HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. ITS EXACTLY THE KIND OF SITUATION POLICE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT TONIGHT. KMBC 9'S SCOTT MCDONNELL IS LIVE WITH AN ALARMING TREND. THIS IS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF POLICE FORCES ACROSS THE NATION CRACKING DOWN ON BUCKLING UP. THE MESSAGE SEEMS TO BE DIMMING FOR DRIVERS. SO OFFICER MATT KLEIN...OF THE SHAWNEE POLICE DEPARTMENT.... IS REMINDING THEM HE HEARS ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES FOR WHY FOLKS DIDN'T BUCKLE UP PATROLS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE STEPPED UP FOR THE CLICK OR TICKET PROGRAM. THIS TIME ITS JUST A TICKET.... OFFICER KLEIN HOPES THERE ISNT A NEXT TIME. DEATHS HAVE SPIKED...LAST YEAR WAS THE HIGHEST IN HALF A DECADE FROM NOT WEARING SEATBELTS.